as in to spear
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Packages of cucumbers—that had been either chopped, sliced, or speared—had initially been recalled last month amid fears they may be contaminated with the potentially deadly food poising bug.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025 -
After the match, Rhodes and Owens brawled on a production crate, leading to Rhodes spearing Owens through a table.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Ground the color pairing with natural elements such as a wood dining table and caned chairs, then create dramatic contrast with a black piece.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Jan. 2025
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Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 July 2024
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Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.—
Timothy Ryback,
TIME,
26 Apr. 2024
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Before long, fairs had such attractions as cudgelling bouts, bearbaiting, and something called gouging.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2023
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Aikman lashed out a couple of times on ESPN during the Texans-Chiefs Wild Card Game.—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Mercury has a delivery for Rachel, but the guys who have lashed the Stanfields to a couple of chairs and are interrogating them rather roughly are in the way.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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The beauty of dance is that there are so many ways to approach it—dance classes, clubbing with friends, or even just grooving in your living room.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Higher revenues clubbed with margin expansion and fewer shares resulted in the company’s bottom line of $21.17 now, up 54% from $13.77 in 2021.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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The folks in attendance Monday at the century-old building on St. Paul’s Payne Avenue included Mayor Melvin Carter and Gov. Tim Walz, who took turns sledgehammering holes in the drywall to kick off a $10 million, top-to-bottom reinvention.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2024
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The move means the 7-foot Kiwi will be under contract for the next three seasons and signals that at a time when the game is becoming increasingly perimeter-oriented, the Pelicans will try to sledgehammer their way to wins.—
Christian Clark,
NOLA.com,
24 Nov. 2020
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Last November, while Hart was working, a man stabbed and killed her fiancé, Antonio Young, in the lobby of the Extended Stay America hotel on Gateway Oaks Drive in South Natomas.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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Cruz was indicted Thursday for second-degree murder in the 2:30 p.m. stabbing of the 36-year-old postman at Joe’s Grocery, on Lenox Rd.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The fire burned for five days in an isolated part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park before high winds whipped it up and swept it toward Gatlinburg.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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The England midfielder had a shot of his own after bursting forward from midfield before whipping a free kick to Havertz, who headed over.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Sledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sledge. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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